Bridgeport fugitive busted twice

Staff reports

Published 12:01 pm, Friday, January 18, 2013

BRIDGEPORT -- When federal marshals and city police entered Brahyn Wilson's apartment Thursday morning, it was to arrest him for missing several court dates.

But the stash of more than 11 ounces of marijuana they say they found in plain view in his bedroom, and the $5,539 of cash in his pockets and in a tote bag was a whole other matter.

Wilson will be arraigned later Friday at Superior Court after being held overnight on $450,000 in bonds, including $100,000 for failure-to-appear charges in seven earlier cases.

The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force, which includes some Bridgeport police detectives, learned that Wilson was living on Washington Place with his girlfriend and their three-month old baby. But when they walked in through the unlocked front door the suspect went out the back in his underwear. When Det. Eric King stopped Wilson, the suspect claimed he was throwing out the garbage -- though he wasn't carrying any -- the incident report states.

When detectives accompanied him into the bedroom so the suspect could get on his pants, they saw a large bag of green, plant-like material next to the Christmas tree, a box of plastic bags and a digital scale. More of the material, which tested positive as marijuana, was in a Gucci handbag in the room, the report states. Besides the cash, Wilson had an EBT debit card issued by the state Department of Social Services, police said.

He was charged with operating a drug factory, possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphrenalia and risk of injury to a minor.